fact that nissan and its partners are tripling their investment in the uk to £3 billion. this is our largest car plant. its future is safeguarded, protecting thousands of jobs, and also transitioning to new electric vehicles. it is a huge vote of confidence in the uk and it is great in advance of the global investment summit we are hosting what will be hosting over 200 business and investment litters all around the world, all of whom will be talking about committing to the uk because it is a fantastic place to do business. they are protecting and creating jobs across the supply chain, so it is good news. professor david bailey is from university of birmingham. it isa it is a huge vote of confidence in the sunderland plants. and many more thousands in the supply chain. nissan had said previously it would make electric vehicles, but haven t said which ones, so we now know what they will be. the cash chi and the duke are good selling cars. cash cow are regularly in the top ten.
Stories making news. a cruise ship has broken free from moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers on board the p&o cruises britannia ship suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. a new bid has been made to save the homeware chain, wilko, which collapsed into administration two weeks ago. the private equity firm, m2 capital, has made a £90 million offer for the business, and is promising to retain all 12,500 employees for two years. aston villa s team bus has been hit by a brick after the club s win against burnley in the premier league on sunday. it was thrown from a footbridge on the m65 motorway as the side were travelling back to the midlands following their 3 1 victory. lancashire police says it s good fortune no one was seriously injured or killed.
Emerged when a piano cruise ship slipped its moorings and may our cut and collided with a cargo ship. passengers say the cruise ship is being pushed to shore by tubbs when a walkway fell away. piano says a small number of people sustained minor injuries. harry farley has more. definitely going to smash into us. bracing for the moment of impact. there you, hold up. it is going to hit. thudding, crashing. oh, my god. mooring lines snapped, and the cruise ship floated away like a paper boat, according to one of those on board. it drifted off its berth in the port of palma in mallorca, and collided with a tanker. alarm sounds. alarms sounded, and the ship s crew launched an emergency drill. tannoy: all crew, proceed - to your emergency duty stations. p&o cruises said a small number of passengers had minor injuries
Let s look at some other stories making news. a cruise ship has broken free from its moorings, and crashed into a freight vessel during thunderstorms on the spanish island of mallorca. a small number of passengers on board the p&o cruises britannia ship suffered minor injuries. heavy rain and strong winds on the island have also led to more than 20 flights being cancelled. the scottish covid 19 inquiry will hold its first preliminary hearing today to set out more details of its work. the review will complement the nationwide uk inquiry, focusing on the effect of the pandemic in scotland, and how the government in holyrood responded. families who lost loved ones are expected to attend. a record number of people in the uk are now borrowing from family members to help them buy property. new research shows nearly 320,000 homes are expected to be purchased with financial support from relatives this year which is almost half of all homes bought by those under the age of 55. it s thought